Chapter 255: Set Sail 3
"It's finally getting started!"
Just before the picture changed, Ryan clearly heard James? Cameron's muttering voice, no wonder so, this movie exhausted his hard work, and even publicly announced that he would not take on any more films for three years.
Shaking his head, Ryan turned over and grabbed Nicole's hanging hand, the two fingers interlocked, clasped tightly, and the previous unpleasantness disappeared without a trace in an instant.
The film adopts a reverse structure, starting in 1996, a relatively advanced deep-sea exploration ship dives to a depth of 2,600 feet in the Atlantic, and the explorers in the cabin are looking for a priceless diamond in the sunken Titanic-the heart of the ocean.
The expedition members found a safe, and when they got on board, they opened it expectantly, only to find that it contained only a puddle of useless mud and a drawing.
The sketch was cleaned up and revealed to be a portrait of a naked woman with the heart of the diamond ocean they were looking for hanging from her neck.
When the salvage operation was televised, it caught the attention of an old woman with gray hair and a wrinkled face, who identified herself as Ruth and said that the woman in the painting was her.
In order to find the whereabouts of the "Heart of the Ocean", the expedition team invited the aging Ruth onto the ship, and as she told it, a story that had been sealed for a long time slowly unfolded in front of the audience.
"Eighty-four years later, I still seem to smell paint, the porcelain on the ship is new, and the bed linen has not been used. The Titanic is known as the dream ship, and it lives up to its name......"
As Ruth narrates, the camera cuts to a wrecked shipwreck that instantly turns into a luxury ship that is about to set sail in 1912, and the docks of Southampton are crowded with people.
"Oh my God, it's magnificent!" A faint voice of admiration sounded.
17-year-old Ruth wore a white dress and a purple top hat, looking extraordinarily rich and elegant, which showed her status as the daughter of a famous family.
She accompanies her mother. Holding her fiancé Carl aboard the "Titanic". Preparing to get married in the United States.
"Titanic isn't a big deal......"
Just one line clearly expresses the character of this girl.
At this time, on the docks, poor boy Jack and his friends gamble with two Russians. As a result, he unexpectedly won a ticket to the "Titanic". The two men caught up with the steamer just in time. The crew was also worried about lice on their bodies, which shows that people had a very strict sense of hierarchy at that time.
Next, Jack and Ruth's accommodation conditions reflect the inequality of status. Jack and the others can only live in a cramped sleeper on the lower floor, while Ruth and her fiancé's first-class private room is resplendent and spacious.
The disparity in class is obviously one of the obstacles to Jack and Ruth's falling in love.
The giant ship lifted anchor and slowly sailed away from the port of Southampton, and the contrast with the wooden sailing ship and then the small steamer highlighted the grandeur and enormity of the ship, which can be called a masterpiece of industrial civilization.
Subsequently, the movie used several panoramic shots to show the whole picture of the Titanic, which was the world's first in 1912.
Even if Ryan's eyes look at the past, the special effects are a little backward, but in this era, such effects are shocking, and you only need to look at the reaction of the audience in the theater with their mouths wide open.
The Titanic sailed in the vast sea, the sea was calm, and the ship was peaceful, as if such a scene would continue until the end of its maiden voyage, until it arrived in New York, receiving the cheers of the whole world.
"I am the king of the world!"
Ryan's shouts were so open-minded and heart-wrenching.
"Honey, you're so handsome." Nicole's hand seemed to be a little dishonest.
"Really, Nicole?" Ryan leaned into her ear and whispered deliberately, "There's a break room up there." ”
Of course, this is just a lover's teasing.
The life of high society is full of hypocrisy and restraint in Ruth's eyes, and she is always looking forward to freedom, but Jack lives very freely, sitting on the side of the boat and drawing when he has nothing to do, breathe, chatting with people he doesn't know at will, etc.
And when Jack accidentally saw Ruth, he was immediately intrigued, which is probably the so-called love at first sight.
That night, Ruth finally couldn't bear it anymore and ran to the stern of the boat, ready to commit suicide by jumping into the sea, but Jack arrived on the spot and persuaded Ruth not to commit suicide, but to no avail.
"You jump, I jump too!" He swore by it.
Ruth finally changed her mind and dispelled the idea of suicide, but if the scene of the two acquaintances ended like this, it would be too dull, so the bloody thing happened, Ruth wanted to climb over the railing to return to the stern, but she stepped on the air and almost fell into the sea, and was rescued by Jack, but alarmed the crew on duty at night.
They thought Jack had done something bad to Ruth, and immediately handcuffed him, and Ruth was quick to make up a lie to set Jack free.
This is their first meeting, and it can be said that the two of them each saved each other once, which laid the foundation for future interactions.
Carl also invited Jack to a first-class banquet to humiliate him, but Jack nodded and agreed.
The next day Ruth came to Jack to thank him, and discovered his talent for drawing, Ruth liked Monet's painting very much, and the two had a common hobby and a basis for communication, and their conversation was both pleasant and unpleasant.
When Jack asks Ruth if she loves her fiancé, she looks very helpless, and when Jack teaches her to spit into the sea, she is full of joy.
Mrs. Molly admired Jack's righteousness and courage very much, and changed Jack's dress before the dinner party, and dressed him handsome and chic, just like that, Jack mixed into high society, and for the first time felt the lavish dinner party of the nobles, he was very smart and quietly learned the etiquette of high society, making many people think that he might be a new Xiaokai.
After the meal, Jack Joros joins a pie duì belonging to their lower class, and the two dance and have fun in the noisy crowd, where the people of humble status have this pure pleasure, full of truth, and not everyone wearing a mask.
Despite facing the obstruction of their mothers and the huge gap in status, two young people who broke out in fiery feelings still fell in love, so the most bloody and attractive scenes of the whole movie appeared.
Jack and Ruth stand at the bow of the boat, facing the sunset, spreading their arms, kissing passionately in the wonderful feeling of flying, and the movie uses a 360-degree overhead camera to fully show this picture.
"It's a bit deliberate." Nicole spoke suddenly.
"It's a bit deliberate, but such a beautiful and graceful picture is enough to make people feel moved by it." Ryan chuckled and said, "Trust me, Nicole, this is definitely going to be one of the most iconic shots in film history." ”
"Uh-huh~"
Next? The next part, of course, is the painting.
Despite Kate? Winslet is almost completely naked, but the picture is still beautiful, and through the dialogue of the old Ruth, the audience has been satisfied.
As a result, the scene in the car, although only the tired hand and the close-up of the sweaty heads of the two people, has become the best scene for many boys and girls to fantasize.
Some people may think that this will destroy the previous aesthetic feeling, but this film is mainly oriented to the West, and there are several regions that have been profoundly influenced by Western culture, and if the hero and heroine do not even have substantive contact, they will part with life and death, which will definitely attract abuse from the audience.
Just when the love between Jack and Ruth reached its peak, the movie naturally changed its tone, and the audience, who was immersed in the deep love and honey, woke up to the fact that this was the Titanic that hit the iceberg!
"Oh my God!"
Listening to the voice of the audience, you can also know that the Titanic inevitably hit the iceberg, three warehouses and six boiler rooms were flooded, and the chief designer Thomas? Andrews announced that in two hours at most, the Titanic would sink to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean!
"As long as it's made of steel! I promise, it will sink to the bottom of the sea! ”
A catastrophe kicks off, which shows not only the love of Jack and Ruth, but also the humanity in the midst of the disaster.
But at this time, Carl still had to "catch the thief", he lied that his "Heart of the Ocean" was stolen, and sent someone to quietly put the diamond in Jack's pocket, and in this way, Jack was handcuffed and imprisoned in a room on the ground floor.
He had to kill Jack before he would give up.
In the end, Ruth gave up the opportunity to board the lifeboat and risked her life to rescue Jack from the bottom compartment, staging a beauty to save the hero.
Originally, Ruth could still be out of danger, but she resolutely gave up the lifeboat and hugged Jack who rushed to her, and love gave them the courage to face the challenges of life and death together.
At this time, viewers who are familiar with Hollywood-style plots begin to realize that Jack and Ruth are most likely a tragedy......
In the thrilling adventure, some people are afraid, some are greedy, some people give up, and some people are sticking to their posts, even knowing that their performance may not have any effect, the band still sticks to their posts, trying to calm people's panic with music.
The plot shows the glorious side of humanity here, as in the historical record, the crew did not escape first, they tried their best to maintain order, let the women and children be the first to board the lifeboat, looking at the entire history of shipwrecks, although not unique, but extremely rare.
None of the first mate, captain, or chief designer escaped, and even the first mate committed suicide because of manslaughter.
The Titanic is about to sink, and Jack and Ruth escape to the high cocked stern, where they met and may well be where they end.
Isn't it touching that the beginning means the end? (To be continued......)